<p>Hey I'm new here so don't tear me apart if I break any rules. I'm a junior in high school and I plan on applying to Ivies and though I feel my resume is pretty strong I understand that in the end there's still a major chance that I will be rejected. That being said, I have tried to maximize my chances of acceptance I was wondering if I could get some outside opinions on how to improve my resume and how strong it appears. </p>
<p>GPA- this is projected, but the school years almost over and these are taking from my current grades (only core classes). Also my school hands out number grades and the final averages for each of my classes have all been 93 or above, which my school translates to a 4.00.
94.5 unweighted (4.00)
97.3 weighted (4.00)
Also my school is ranked 85 in NYS if that helps put the grades in perspective.</p>
<p>Course Rigor
Freshman year
Bio 9H
Global 1 9H
English 9H
Geometry 9H
Spanish 9H (not included in GPA)</p>
<p>Sophmore year
AP World
Chemistry 10H
Trigonometry 10H
English 10H
Spanish 10H (not included in GPA)</p>
<p>Junior year
AP US
AP Chemistry
AP Languange
Pre-calc 11H
College Spanish (not included in GPA)</p>
<p>Senior Year (projected)
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP Gov
AP Eco
Nature of Languange/Creative Writing</p>
<p>Class Rank ~5%</p>
<p>SAT-2230
Best Sat Scores
800 Math
750 Reading
730 Writing
SAT Bio-730 (took in 9th grade)
SAT Chem- 780</p>
<p>Also currently in standings for National Merit Scholarship (219 on PSAT)</p>
<p>Sports
Freshman year
JV Soccer</p>
<p>Sophmore year
Spring Track (Shotput/Discus)</p>
<p>Junior Year
Winter Track (Shotput)
Spring Track (Shotput/Discus/Pole-Vault)</p>
<p>ECs
Mathletes (9-11) *President
Marching Band (10-11) *held position as section leader
Jazz Band (9-11) *Treasurer, then President
Pit orchestra for theater productions (9-11)
World Language Honor Society (10-11)
National Honor Society (11) * in process of applying
Tri-M Honor Society (9-11) *VP</p>
<p>Job Experience
I've held a job during the Christmas Season as a laborer at a Christmas tree nursery. Thinking about getting a summer job.</p>
<p>Recommendations
Again, these are just predictions, but I have a feeling that my Chemistry teacher really likes me and I've really connected with my AP Language teacher.</p>
<p>Community Service
I'm a bit lacking here because I'm usually so pressed for time during the school years. I sometimes help watch over autistic kids of my parents friends, and this summer I was going to try to volunteer at a hospital and/or laboratory. This summer I'm creating a program with my mom to help mentally disabled kids learn basic social skills. I have already created brochures and my mom has parents that want to sign up (she's a behavioral consultant for several schools)</p>
<p>Hardship
I've struggled with depression and anxiety disorders, which run in my family. This isn't my hardship but both of my parents immigrated form Poland and had to go through another 4 years of college after they had already graduated from top Polish Universities.</p>
<p>Math Fun
I've participated in the Moody's Math Challenge; only 5 kids in my grade had worked on it with me. I generally do pretty well on math assessments, consistently placing 1st or 2nd in my grade. This is probably irrelevant but I set a record at my primary school for most number of math olympiad questions ever answered.</p>
<p>Music Stuff
I've been in Wind Ensemble since 9th grade, except I'm only registered as attending it from 10th onward due to freshmen generally not being allowed in Wind Ensemble. Since 11th grade I've been first chair in all of my music clubs as either trombone or baritone. I've had to learn to play Tuba 10th grade for a Heritage Festival and for Marching Band. I've also been playing piano since 2nd grade. I did all levels of NYSSMA and I'm now playing pieces such as the Chopin etudes and impromptus. I'm in a reggae/rock/funk band outside of school; we play at school events.</p>
<p>That's about all I can think of right now. My question is how good do my chances look for Ivies? What about other top tier schools? Again I know it's a shot in the dark but any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks for reading.</p>